Isle of Wight events and gigs from October 8

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This week, everything from beer festivals to Shakepeare and from walking to Chaucer.

• Friday, October 8

11am - 10pm Brewed in the Bay Beer Festival - Boojum and Snark, Sandown

7.30pm Happy Feet presents Klashnekoff and more - Strings Bar and Venue, Newport (ticketed)

8.30pm FIREFLY - The Simeon Arms, Ryde

8pm Sh*t Faced Shakespeare - Romeo and Juliet - Shanklin Theatre (ticketed)

10.30am Cards at the Creative Hub, Newport (ticketed)

Sh*t Faced Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet at Shanklin Theatre ©Rah Petherbridge Photography

Creative Hub, Newport High Street

• Saturday, October 9

11am - 10pm Brewed in the Bay Beer Festival - Boojum and Snark, Sandown 

music from 3.30pm Quay Arts’ Beer Festival (featuring The Clacks Band, Bemis, The Dance Preachers) - Quay Arts Centre, Newport

7.30pm John Otway - Strings Bar and Venue, Newport (ticketed)

8pm Lucid - Shanklin Theatre (ticketed)

• Read more: Shanklin Theatre homecoming for Isle of Wight band Lucid

8.30pm The Hillmans with Dick Taylor - Shanklin British Legion 

8.30pm Paolo - Sandown Conservative Club 

8.30pm End of the Line - Freshwater Conservative Club

9pm Bobbin and The Babymakers - The Crispin, Newport 

10am Meet local children's author Margaret Young, who will be reading from Groovy Grandad and signing books. (ticketed, free from the Lord Louis Library Help Point).

• Read more: Isle of Wight teacher turns author — and introduces Groovy Grandad!

7pm A Ploughman's Tale recital - All Saints Church, Ryde (ticketed)

Isle of Wight Walking Festival - including David Randini's Magical History Tour of Newport, and Royalty, Racing and Rigging - a tour of historic Cowes.

Don't forget to get your child's free ticket (from the help point) and come along to meet local children's author Margaret Young! She will be reading from Groovy Grandad and signing books. 10am on sat 9 Oct! @librariesweek #librariesweek @iwight @IWlibraries pic.twitter.com/GwN6iipgmM

— Lord Louis Library (@LordLouisLib) October 6, 2021

• Sunday, October 10

11am - 8pm Brewed in the Bay Beer Festival (featuring Grade 2, Coach Party, Paul Armfield and more) - Boojum and Snark, Sandown 

music from 1pm Quay Arts’ Beer Festival (featuring Red Sqwrl, 2nd Time Around) - Quay Arts Centre, Newport

4pm Black Cat Blues Club - The Anchor, Cowes 

Isle of Wight Walking Festival - including a tour of the Goat Farm tour, complete with goat burgers.

Above, Brewed In The Bay, Sandown and below, Quay Arts' Beer Festival

• Monday, October 11

7.30pm Jazz Jam - Quay Arts Centre, Newport with the Jim Thorn Trio, Quay Arts

7.30pm One Night In Dublin - Shanklin Theatre (ticketed)

Isle of Wight Walking Festival - including a circular walk around Culver Cliff with author and historian Tim Wander and a Dickens Walk around Bonchurch.

• Tuesday, October 12

10.45am Steve Love's Island Songs - Monkton Arts Cafe, Ryde 

Isle of Wight Walking Festival - including a Ventnor Botanic Garden Ghost Walk and the Russian Imperial Tour of East Cowes.

• Wednesday, October 13

7pm Platform One Presents - Strings Bar and Venue, Newport (ticketed)

7.30pm An Evening of Mediumship with Psychic Tony Stockwell - Shanklin Theatre  (ticketed)

Isle of Wight Walking Festival - including Queen Victoria's Hidden Visitors.

• Thursday, October 14

7.30pm Cosy Jazz Club (featuring Cat Skellington) - Strings Bar and Venue, Newport  (ticketed)

8.15pm Beyond The West End - Shanklin Theatre 

Isle of Wight Walking Festival - including the Strand Line walk with Planet Aware and the Wessex Cancer Trust starlit trail.

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